Quang Tri province is located in the North Central region and has 01 city, 01 town, and 08 districts. The North borders Quang Binh province, the South borders Thua Thien - Hue province, the West borders Savannakhet province, Salavan province, People's Republic of Lao People's Government (with 179,345 km of borderline), the East borders the East Sea (with a coastline of 75 km).
       Quang Tri is an important traffic hub, located at the intersection of national arterial roads: National Highway 1A, Ho Chi Minh Road (including 02 East and West branches), National Highway 9 associated with the Trans-Asia Road, National Highway 15D, Cam Lo - La Son expressway (under construction) along with the North-South railway, connecting with Cua Viet port, My Thuy deep sea port; far from Dong Hoi - Quang Binh airport (about 90 km) to the North and Phu Bai - Thua Thien Hue international airport (about 80 km) to the South.
       With the location of a leading province on the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) to the east of Vietnam, connecting with Laos - Thailand - Myanmar through Lao Bao international border gate, this is an important advantage to create conditions for Quang Tri province to soon become one of the centers of exchange and development cooperation with localities in the country and with countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS); is one of the gateways to the East Sea of ​​countries and territories on the East-West Economic Corridor.
       The province has a natural area of ​​4,737.44 km2, accounting for 1.43% of the total area of ​​the country. The current population is 638,627 people (December 31, 2020), of which, the male population is 317,201 people, accounting for 49.7%, and the female population is 321,426 people, accounting for 50.3%, the urban population is 207,305 people, accounting for 32. , forty-six%.
       Regarding labor: The labor force in 2020 is 367,257 people, of which the labor force of working age is 311,263 people. The unemployment rate for working-age: 1.39%. Labor structure in working age: Male employees: 55.49%; Female employees: 44.51%. The number of new jobs created: From 2016 to 2020, the number of new jobs created is 58,815; an average of 11,763 jobs/year. Rate of trained laborers by 2020: 65.88%.
       Quang Tri with many outstanding potentials and advantages aims to become a new energy center of the Central region with strengths in clean energy (wind power, solar power) and thermal power. Mineral resources are rich and diverse, some minerals have large reserves and high quality such as titanium, limestone, and white quartz sand. Not far from the coast of Quang Tri, there is a gas source with large reserves, the mine area is located near Con Co island, soon when this gas source is exploited, Quang Tri will create a possibility for the development of the gas processing industry. gas raw materials and new technology materials. The leading producer of planted forest timber in Vietnam.
       Quang Tri has rich and diverse natural and humanistic tourism resources. Cultural and historical tourism is created by a very large and unique system of modern war relics, including famous landmarks that have gone down in history such as Hien Luong - Ben Hai banks, local Vinh Moc religion, Quang Tri ancient citadel, Road 9 - Khe Sanh, legendary Ho Chi Minh road ... Besides, the province also has many scenic spots such as Tra Loc Tram Tram, Ru Linh primeval forest, Brai cave, ancient well Gio An…, many beautiful beaches like Cua Tung, Cua Viet, Vinh Thai bring their beauty with pure white sand, flat, smooth, clear blue water, few places have it.
       With potential and available advantages, along with high determination in policy reform, strongly improving the investment environment, ready to cooperate, help and create all the most favorable conditions for investment procedures as well as investment procedures. such as applying investment incentives at the highest level, and promptly grasping and handling difficulties for investors, Quang Tri soon will become an ideal destination for domestic and foreign investors. international.
       Due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, and natural disasters, in 2020, although the province's socio-economic situation faced many difficulties, the province's economy continued to grow positively and higher than the growth rate of the whole country. In 2020, GRDP will reach VND 33,968.65 billion, an increase of 3.65% compared to 2019. GRDP per capita is VND 53.9 million. Economic structure: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery account for 21.92%; Industry and construction accounted for 25.45%; Services accounted for 48.24%. The key economic sectors of the province include the Energy industry (especially the renewable energy industry), wood processing in plantation forests, processing agricultural products, aquaculture, and seafood processing.